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POLTAVA , a See also:town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of the same name, on the right See also:bank of the Vorskla, 88 m. by See also:rail W.S.W. of See also:Kharkov. Pop. 53,060. The town is built on a See also:plateau which descends by steep slopes on nearly every See also:side. Several suburbs, inhabited by See also:Cossacks, whose houses are buried amid gardens, and a See also:German See also:colony, surround the town. The See also:oldest buildings are a monastery, erected in 165o, and a wooden
See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church visited by See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the See also:Great after the See also:battle of Poltava. There are a military school for cadets, a theological See also:seminary and two girls' colleges; also See also:flour-See also:mills, See also:tobacco See also:works and a tannery.
Poltava is mentioned in See also:Russian See also:annals in 1174, under the name of Ltava, but does not again appear in See also:history until 1430, when, together with Glinsk, it was given by Gedimin, See also:prince of Lithuania, to the Tatar prince Leksada. Under the Cossack See also:chief, Bogdan See also:Chmielnicki, it was the chief town of the Poltava " See also:regiment." Peter the Great of Russia defeated See also:Charles XII. of See also:Sweden in the immediate neighbourhood on the 27th of See also:June 1709, and the victory is commemorated by a See also:column over 50 ft. in height.
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